Date: April 17, 2023

Source: Science and Technology Research Institute, the First Affiliated Hospital of JNU

Translator: ZHOU Ziting, ZHU Keying

JNU held a meeting to initiate a National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development project of the National Natural Science Foundation on April 8. The project is titled Small Animal Photoacoustic Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging System for Quantitative Evaluation of Tumor Hypoxia. Prof. Zhang Shuixing of the First Affiliated Hospital hosted the meeting, which over 80 people attended, including Chinese Academy of Engineering Academician Yang Baofeng, JNU Vice President Hong An, JNU Deputy Party Secretary Sun Yu, the project expert group, the supervision expert group, the technical expert group and the project team members.

(The initiating meeting)

On behalf of JNU, Hong welcomed and thanked the experts who had long supported the development of JNU’s medical imaging discipline. On behalf of the expert groups, Yang pointed out that quantitative evaluation of the tumor microenvironment had been a problem internationally. He predicted that the team would make significant progress in the field to promote the field's development.

Hong and Hospital President Xu Anding presented appointment letters for consultants to Yang and Profs. Tian Jie and Wang Zhenchang.

(Presenting appointment letters for consultants)

Led by JNU and jointly undertaken by Xidian University in Xi’an and Shandong University in Jinan, the project is a landmark achievement in JNU's construction as a double-first-class university. It aims to break through the technical bottleneck of in vivo study of tumor hypoxia and facilitate the study of the mechanism of tumor hypoxia, drug screening and efficacy assessment. It is also expected to promote deeper integration of industries, universities, research institutes and hospitals; improve basic scientific research and innovation abilities; and serve the development of high-end scientific instruments for research in China.